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Default solution to antonyms & synonyms

4. (a) Choose the word that is nearly similar in meaning to the word in capital letters. * (5)



(1) ARCHIPELAGO:


1Reef

2Glacier

3Cluster of islands -CORRECT

4Lagoon



(2) PIAZZA:


1Cheese dish

2Veranda

3Public Square -CORRECT

4Style or dash

(3) BAKLAVA:

1Stringed instrument

2Dessert -CORRECT(i couldn't find the word BAKLAVA in Oxford's standard dictionary which is absurd but it is available in online dictionaries)

3Whining dance

4Gratuity

(4) IONIC:

1Indian stone monument

2Greek architecture -CORRECT

3Roman Sculpture

4Mediterranean Sea



(5) CICERONE:

1Teacher

2Literary classic

3Chaperone

4Guide -CORRECT


(b) Pick the one most nearly opposite in meaning to the capitalized word:


(1) DESICCATE:

1Lengthen

2Hallow

3Exonerate

4Saturate -CORRECT

5Anesthetize



(2) APOTHEOSIS:

1Departure from tradition

2Impatience with stupidity

3Demotion from glory -CORRECT

4Surrender to impulse

5Cause for grief


(3) SPUNK:


1Success

2Timidity -CORRECT

3Growing awareness

4Loss of prestige

5Lack of intelligence



(4) CAVIL:

1Discern

2Disclose

3Introduce

4Flatter -CORRECT(im not sure about this one it either has to b flatter or commend)

5Commend

(5) RAUCOUS:


1Orderly

2Absorbent,

3Buoyant

4Mellifluous -CORRECT

5Contentious
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